Nela Lazarevic

Current

• Postgraduate School in Strategic Communications, Political Science Department at Università degli Studi di Firenze

Past

• Freelance correspondent from Montenegro at Transitions Online
• Freelance Correspondent from Italy at Prestup Magazine

Education

• Università degli Studi di Firenze
• Transitions Online Foreign Correspondent Course
• American University in Bulgaria

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Industry

Media Production

Nela Lazarevic’s Summary

Nela is a freelance journalist and photographer living in Florence, Italy, currently preparing her final thesis project in The Role of Journalism Professionals in the Era of Participatory Online Cultures.
Her past work experiences include the coverage of the Montenegrin independence referendum for Transitions Online (an online publication covering the development of 29 former communist countries worldwide), freelance corresponding for Prestup Magazine from Belgrade, and other one time or occasonal collaborations including the front page photograph for the Montenegrin Daily Vijesti.
Nela is fluent in Serbian, English, Italian and Spanish, while she understands written text and has basic conversation skills in Bulgarian and French.

Nela Lazarevic’s Specialties:

Print and Online Journalism Writing, Documentary and Portrait Photography, Photojournalism, New Media, Journalism 2.0.

Geographical areas of competence for news production: Montenegro, The Balkans, Italy, Spain, United States

Nela Lazarevic’s Experience

• Postgraduate School in Strategic Communications, Political Science Department

  Università degli Studi di Firenze

  (Media Production industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

• Freelance correspondent from Montenegro

  Transitions Online

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

  2006 — 2007 (1 year )

• Freelance Correspondent from Italy

  Prestup Magazine

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Newspapers industry)

  2006 — 2007 (1 year )

Nela Lazarevic’s Education

• Università degli Studi di Firenze

  Undergraduate , Journalism and Mass Communications , 2004 — 2008

• Transitions Online Foreign Correspondent Course

  summer course , freelance journalism, print, radio, agency reporting, crisis reporting, war correspondence , 2005 — 2005

• American University in Bulgaria

  Journalism and Mass Communications 2002 — 2004

  Activities and Societies:

  Begining Editing, Photojournalism, Information Skills, Sociology, Media, Law, and Society

Additional Information

Nela Lazarevic’s Interests:

photography, writing, journalism, online media, translation, new media, citizen journalism, blogging

Nela Lazarevic’s Groups:

•    Università degli Studi di Firenze Network (view Alumni and University professional profiles)
•    Turismo 2.0 e Innovazione
•    South East Europe Sustainable Investments Business Club

Nela Lazarevic’s Honors:

Gardenart, photo installation "Turisti" at the Giardino dei Nidiaci, Florence, Italy, May 2008.

Berlin Photography Festival "After the Fact", 2005 International Photojournalism Workshop, Allianz Kulturstiftung sponsored participation.

Scholarship for TOL Foreign Correspondent Course, Prague, Czech Republic, summer 2005. Course lecturers from BBC, The Economost, Guardian Unlimited, The Boston Globe, Radio Free Eurpoe. Article supervision by The Economist.

Montenegrin Representative at the World Youth Congress: UN Development Goals for 2015- The Youth Perspective. Casablanca, Morocco, August 2003.

Council of Europe Scholarship for the EFYSO Study Session on Refugees and Social Work, Strasbourg, France, November 2003.

US State Department, Towson University, and Open Society Institute, and IDEA Scholarship for attending The South East European Youth Leadership Institute (SEEYLI) at Townson Univesity, Baltimore, summer 2001.

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